Yes, I'm Back in Black!

I love that blogging gives us an opportunity to talk about our lives, our issues and about people we deal with on a day to day basis under the cover of anonymity. But sometimes, to be anonymous, you have to leave out several things about yourself. In the past, I had not revealed much about myself or where I lived or what I did, just in case someone I knew in real life happened to read my blog. This time, I want to do things just a bit differently. While my name and some other personal details like where I work will not be revealed, I feel like I should be more open about where I live (Charlotte, North Carolina), what I do (Auditor with a Big Four - Big4 chicks are hot, Yo!) and other details that won't necessarily harm anyone.  Six and half years ago, when I first arrived in the States to go to grad school, I was still in my early- mid twenties, sweet, innocent, optimistic,bright eyed, bushy tailed and to paraphrase Jon Bon Jovi - My heart was like an open highway. Today, all of that has changed and yet nothing has changed. A few days ago I had an epiphany that I have been living vicariously and I figured that its high time that I grab life by its cajones. Realization they say, is the first step.

The blogger formerly known as "Glazed Donut"

No, really. That was my Blogger name 5 years ago. Glazed Donut. And I named my blog "Cake and Coke". Yes, you read that right. And no. I'm not kidding. In my defense, I love food, and I wanted my blog to reflect some of that. I mean I love cake and coke (the carbonated soft drink that is). Anyway, I had all of 2 readers. Both male. One who assumed that I had cast iron hands and the other who assumed I had a cast iron heart. FYI, both were wrong. Anyway, as time passed by, I decided to move onto something better and migrated my blogger blog (Cake and Coke) into Wordpress, albeit with a new title and a better name. At the time, I used my blog as a way to anonymously vent about the things in my life without naming names or embarrassing anyone (including myself) so, most posts, prominently featured my then boyfriend. 3 years later, things with him ended and there was no reason to bitch about him anonymously. I freely bitched about him to anyone who listened (mostly my friends and family) and all of them hated him on my behalf and ye olde blog became redundant. Nearly two years after said break-up, I've realized, how much I miss blogging. I've also realized that my old blog was not about that dude, it was about me. It was about the things I saw and heard. The things I read. The people I met. The things I ate. The places I went to and the things I did. And that is what this blog is going to be about, only more so than before and with none of that relationship angst and all of that philosophical and abstract thinking that I am given to.

I briefly thought about reviving and continuing in my old WordPress blog, but I wanted to move away from the person I was then and start afresh. And what other way to start than from your roots. Which is why I decided to come back to Blogger. And also because I didn't really like any of the current WP templates and I was able to customize the blogger background. I'm liking the Dusty Rose -Sage combination for now.  I also thought about changing my blog name because the few people who used to read my old blog (and will hopefully read my new one) probably associate me with who I was before. But I decided that I like the name and let my blog be the deciding factor on whether someone wants to read it or not. So, here I am. Same name (which I like by the way. It has a mysterious feel to it), different place, different attitude.

P.S: Sometimes, the things I write are easily understood only to me. For those who did not get it, the title refers to Prince, the musician. Who for a while changed his name to an unpronounceable symbol and was known as "The Artist formerly known as Prince.